Life History

Notes

• Most of the details related to Frances were found in the genealogy ofL Sherman.
  -- L Sherman, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=1153794&pid=-1984798304
  
  I later found another genealogy, but it was anonymous, and at that time Sherman's genealogy was no longer available, though there were signs that the "second" genealogy was actually Sherman's, updated.  This genealogy reports Frances' Chickasaw Nation Registration:
  Dawes Card #1615, aged 67 on 3 Oct 1898.
  -- http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=:2862548&id=I467&ftm=1
  
  I note that this age does not match the 1900 census age, where, two years after the date of the Dawes roll, Fannie is reported as only 55.This age matches the birth date reported in that census also (see below).  The genealogy also cites the 1910 census, where Fannie's age is 73, which is different again.  At this point I have not seen the imageof the actual Dawes Roll, nor have I found the 1910 census for Fanniecited in the genealogy.
  
  These age reports yield a likely birth year as follows:
  Dawes 1898 age 67 born 1831
  Census 1900 age 55 born Aug 1844
  Census 1910 age 73 born 1836
  
  Fanny is also reported as included in the 1855 Choctaw Roll, Skullyville County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory (no age reported).
  
  Frances (Fannie) had four marriages, and was widowed 4 times.  Sherman says she married her first husband, Samuel Hunter Cochran, about 1867.  Sam was born 10 October 1807 in Oglethorpe, Georgia, died 13 May 1884 in Indian Territory.  The Sherman genealogy reports one child from the Cochran marriage, William Hunter Cochran, born February 1868 inIndian Territory.  This birth information comes from the 1900 census,which I transcribe below.  Sherman's dates present a problem, since the father died a year before the marriage date and two years before the birth of the son!
  
  Frances' second husband was Daniel David (Dan) Green. whom she married on 8 October 1871, in Indian Territory, according to the Sherman genealogy.  They lived in Love County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory.  Dan died in 1878, so there is no census documentation of their marriage or family.  In the 7 years of their marriage, they had three children that are recorded by Sherman.  The names of the two boys are unusual and appear to include nickname forms of the first son's first name, Reddick.
  
  Reddick "Redie" Green
  Daniel Redric Green
  Minnie Lee Green
  
  The second son's middle name Redric also looks like a variation of Reddick.  But their birth dates are different, Reddick in Feb 1869 and Daniel on 1 April 1872.
  
  Fannie also had a third husband, Charles Adams, in about 1879, according to a genealogy.  Charles was born in Georgia (no other informationknown) who died sometime before 1888, when she married her fourth husband, Theophilus H East.  Theophilus was born about 1850 in Iowa.
  
  The genealogy cites marriage license information for Fannie and Theophilus.  These two separate transcriptions of the registration of the marriage documents give different dates for the wedding ceremony, either 13 May 1884 or 12 April 1888.  Does this indicate they were marriedtwice?  There are some differences in the information, but I note that the page numbers are the same.  It seems likely there were two different inscriptions that involved copying errors.  I have not seen these documents myself.
  
  Marriage Record
  Place: National Archives
  Location: Lebanon, IT
  Marriage Record of 1884, pages 71 and 130
  May 13th, 1884, T.H. East and Francis Adams was joined together in Holy Bonds of Matrimony by the Honorable County Judge of Pickens County C.N. Indian Territory.
  Abi Ja Colbert
  Judge, P.C.C.N.
  
  3. Marriage Record
  Location: Lebanon, Indian Territory 189
  Author: Willia Dickerson, County Judge P.C.C.N.
  Place: page 71 & 130, Marriage Record
  Date: 4/12/1888
  Text: T.H. East and Francis Adams issued to the above names parties, by the County Judge, Pickens, C.N.
  Certificate of Marriage
  J. Willis Dickerson, hereby certify on the 12th day of April A.D.1888. I united in marriage T.H. East and Mrs. Francis Adams, the parties above named.
  Witness my hand, this 12th day of April A.D. 1888
  Willis Dickerson, County Judge P.C.C.N.
  
  The Colbert family genealogy that had all these details about Fannie reported that Theophilus and Fannie died the same year, 1910.  But this can't be right, since I found the 1900 census record for 1900 showing her as a widow named Francis East.  Perhaps the date of Theophilus'death was in 1900 (before the census) instead of 1910.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, 1 June, Township 8, South Range 1 East, District 151, page 1A, Hse #2
  East, Francis J  Head Indian Female Aug 1844  55 Widow  Ind TerritoryMississippi Mississippi Farmer  Owns Farm  Can read and write
  Adams, Oliver L  Son Indian Male Dec 1881  18 Single Ind Territory Texas Ind Territory Farm Laborer  Cannot read and write
  Green, Dan  Son Indian Male April 1872  28 Widow  Ind Territory Georgia Ind Territory Farm Laborer  Cannot read and write
  
  All those reported as Indian are designated as Choctaw.
  
  Oliver would be a son of Charles Adams.  A genealogy reports 2 children of Charles and Fannie, the other son being Charles, born about 1885also in Indian Territory.  Dan is, of course, the son of Daniel DavidGreen.  Note that Dan has already been married and widowed.  There were apparently no children from this marriage.  Note that both these children are reported as Indians.
  
  Next door to Fannie and these two sons is another son, Hunter Wm Cochran.  This would be William Hunter, apparently the only child of Fannie's first marriage with Samuel Hunter Cochran.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, 1 June, Township 8, South Range 1 East, District 151, page 1A, Hse #1
  Cochran, Hunter Wm  Head Indian Female Aug 1844  32 Married 6 years Ind Territory Mississippi Ind Territory Farmer  Owns Farm  Can read andwrite
  Cochran, Carrie A  Head Indian Female Aug 1877  22  Married 6 years 3children/3 living Alabama Alabama Alabama Can read and write
  Cochran, Wilie D  Dau Indian Female Aug 1894  5 Single Ind Territory Ind Territory Alabama
  Cochran, Verda  Dau Indian Female April 1898  2 Single Ind Territory Ind Territory Alabama
  Wood, William Boarder White Male Aug 1871  28 Married 0 yrs Ind Territory Kentucky Missouri Farm Laborer  Can read and write
  Wood, Allie Servant  White Female Sept 1881  18 Married 0 yrs Ind Territory Kentucky Missouri Farm Laborer  Can read and write
  
  As in Fannie's household, all those reported as Indian are designatedas Choctaw.

Sources

• 1. Ancestry World Tree
  • L Sherman, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=1153794&pid=-1
• 2. Ancestry World Tree
  • L Sherman, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/pid=-1984798304
• 3. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
  • 2 June, Township 8, South Range 1 East, District 151, page 1A, Hse #2
• 4. Love County Burials
  • Name: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ok/love/cemeteries/list2.txt;
  • Lakeview Cemetery
• 5. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
  • 1 June, Township 8, South Range 1 East, District 151, page 1A, Hse #1
• 6. Marriage License
  • Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, Marriage Record, p